Of the Prophet (pbuh&h)’s Ahl al-Bayt [household]. . .
Abu DÄwood is one of the Sunni scholars and elders.
In the introduction of the book “Sunnah Abu DÄwood†Ibrahim ibn Ishaq Al-Harbi wrote: The knowledge of the hadith for Abu DÄwood was as same as Iron in Prophet David (pbuh)’s hands [means Abu DÄwood was completely fluent in Hadith].